Roots and Affix Quiz

What type of vehicle is capable of going under water?

• submarine

• monorail

• transcontinental flight

The study of earth and rocks is called

• aquology

• geology

• geoist

This word refers to one ruler, such as a king, queen, or emperor.

• Monarch

• Archist

• Subarch

What word means to carry goods across two places?

• portal

• transport

• portous

A person who is extremely talkative would be considered

• monarch

• minimalist

• loquacious

A type of canal that moves water from one area to another is called a(n)

• aquaduct

• aquology

• monoduct

Which word means “the condition of thanking”?

• gratitude

• gration

• progratic

What mathematics term literally means “the state of being broken”?

• fractal

• fractify

• fraction

What means “different word” and refers to words that are spelled the same but sound different?

• heteronomen

• hyponym

• homonym

What word combines the affixes “to make” and “down”, and means to lower the humidity?

• mishumidic

• dehumidify

• prohumidal